Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan played college basketball at the University of North Carolina from 1981 to 1984 and majored in cultural geography. As a freshman, he hit the game-winning shot in the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA Championship victory over Georgetown.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan played college basketball at the University of North Carolina from 1981 to 1984 and majored in cultural geography. As a freshman, he hit the game-winning shot in the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA Championship victory over Georgetown.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sits next to his wife Juanita and his dad James while hugging the NBA Championship Trophy after the Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 12, 1991 to win the series four games to one. It was the first of Jordan's six championships.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan, right, goes over the head of Spanish player Angel Herreros, Aug. 2, 1992, during their match at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. The U.S. "Dream Team" won the gold medal.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan, seen trying to get the baseball away from actor Tom Selleck July 12, 1993 during festivities leading up to the July 13 All-Star Game, took a break from basketball to play baseball, but never got out of the minor leagues.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan, seen driving past the New York Knicks' Buck Williams, left, in a game at Madison Square Garden, April 10, 1997, returned to the NBA and barely missed a beat, leading the Bulls to three more NBA titles.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan is surrounded by NBA Championship trophies after his team defeated the Utah Jazz 90-86 to win the 1997 NBA Finals at the United Center in Chicago. For Jordan, who was also named series MVP, it was his fifth NBA championship.

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Michael Jordan Through The Years

Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls celebrates June 14, 1998 after winning game six of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Bulls won the game 87-86 on a final shot by Jordan to win their sixth NBA Championship.

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Michael Jordan Through the Years

Michael Jordan and his wife Juanita arrive at the Essence Awards 2000 at Radio City Music Hall April 14, 2000 in New York. They were married in 1989 and divorced in 2006.

Michael Jordan Through the Years

Michael Jordan Through the Years

Michael Jordan is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame during a ceremony on September 11, 2009, in Springfield, Mass.

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Michael Jordan Through the Years

Former players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls share a laugh before a game between the Bulls and the Charlotte Bobcats at the United Center on February 15, 2011 in Chicago. On March 17, 2010 the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan's purchase of the Bobcats, making him the first former NBA player ever to become the majority owner of a league franchise.